NHSPE Mathcounts Competition

28th MATHCOUNTS STATE COMPETITION • PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY • March 12, 2011

MATHCOUNTS is a national mathematics competition for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. In New Hampshire, it is sponsored by the New Hampshire Society of Professional Engineers and the New Hampshire Teachers of Mathematics.

The state is divided into six regions. The students first compete at their local schools and then at the regional level. The three winning teams from each region, together with top-scoring individuals not represented on those teams, then compete at the state level to determine the four winning individuals who will represent New Hampshire at the national competition in Washington, D.C. on May 6th.

At the state meet, the students compete in three written tests. Based on those results, the 12 top-scoring competitors then compete in the Countdown Round, a fast-paced test in which the questions are projected on a screen and the students have a maximum of 45 seconds in which to answer.

The individual winners who will make up the NH State Team that goes to Washington, D.C. to compete in the National Competition on May 6, 2011 are: